User blog comment:Funsizedbear/I have chAnged/@comment-34252725-20180609020342/@comment-32358261-20180609124905

While i disagree with your opinion, digimon cant really be called a pokemon ripoff since i hear the franchise is actually pretty different bar the monster part and mega evolution to an extent.

Maybe it was made to capitalise on the pokemon craze from the 90s.